Nitin Gadkari is the senior leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and has been the Minister of Road Transport and Highways since 2019. He is also serving as the Union Minister of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj (2014), Shipping (2014 to 2019), Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation (2017 to 2019) and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (2019 to 2021) in the successive Narendra Modi governments. Gadkari was the president of the BJP from 2009 to 2013. He has been a Lok Sabha member from the Nagpur constituency of Maharashtra for the last two terms. In the 2014 Lok Sabha polls, Gadkari won the Nagpur seat by defeating Congress candidate Vilas Muttemwar with a margin of 2,84,848 votes. In the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, Gadkari retained the Nagpur constituency by defeating Congress candidate Nana Patole with a margin of 2,16,009 votes. Gadkari was the Public Works minister in Maharashtra from 1995 to 1999 and also the Leader of the Opposition in the Maharashtra Legislative Council from 1999 to 2005. Nitin Gadkari is again contesting from the Nagpur constituency in the upcoming Lok Sabha Elections 2024.
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New Delhi, June 25: Irked by Balbir Punj's comment that BJP has not outsourced responsibility of defining who is secular, JD(U) president Sharad Yadav today asked his BJP counterpart Nitin Gadkari to “restrain” such members
New Delhi, Jun 25: The growing rift and war of words with key NDA ally JD(U) today led BJP president Nitin Gadkari to ask all party functionaries and alliance partners to “exercise restraint” while airing
Nagpur, Jun 25: Saying that there were no differences within NDA, BJP president Nitin Gadkari today stated that alliance partners Shiv Sena and JD (U), which are supporting the UPA nominee Pranab Mukherjee in the
Mumbai, Jun 12: Observing that the Opposition of the day needs to go beyond criticism of the government, BJP President Nitin Gadkari lamented the political class has become “narrow minded” and the field of politics
Maheshwar (MP), Jun 8: Congress General Secretary Digvijay Singh today demanded an inquiry into the assets acquired by BJP president Nitin Gadkari in the last 15 years.“I am ready for an inquiry into my assets
New Delhi, June 4: BJP President Nitin Gadkari today called on UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi to invite her to his son's wedding.Sources close to Gadkari said the meeting with Gandhi was purely personal and he
New Delhi, June 4: BJP President Nitin Gadkari today created a flutter when he touched Ramdev's feet, saying it was a mark of respect and he saw nothing wrong seeking the blessings of the yoga
New Delhi, June 4: In the wake of Sonia Gandhi's remarks against the Opposition and civil society, BJP president Nitin Gadkari today said her charges were baseless and sought to know if the Congress feels
New Delhi, May 31: Congress today took a dig at the BJP after L K Advani made a thinly-veiled attack on his party President Nitin Gadkari and called for “introspection” within the party over its
Mumbai, May 26: Former Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa is a “human bomb” within the BJP whose president Nitin Gadkari's path is “paved with landmines”, Shiv Sena chief Bal Thackeray said here today.In a
Mumbai, May 24: Predicting that UPA's “days are numbered”, BJP President Nitin Gadkari today reached out to regional parties to broaden the NDA and began setting its house in order by appealing for unity and
Mumbai, May 24: Nitin Gadkari's stress on unity and discipline in BJP today gave fodder to the media to shoot uncomfortable questions, including whether Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi was the target, during the briefing
Mumbai, May 24: Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi today attended the BJP national executive meeting here, hours after his bete noire Sanjay Joshi tendered his resignation from the primary membership of the party. Modi had
New Delhi, May 14: In the wake of sulking BJP leader B S Yeddyurappa's pro-Congress comments, Karnataka Chief Minister Sadanand Gowda yesterday met party president Nitin Gadkari and other senior leaders here to discuss the
New Delhi, Apr 17: Buoyed by the results in Delhi civic polls, BJP President Nitin Gadkari today attributed the victory to good governance given by the party saying it has emerged as a strong alternative
Mumbai, Apr 14: BJP president Nitin Gadkari on Friday said he was happy that a confrontation has been avoided over the issue of Bihar's centenary celebrations here on Sunday.“It is good that the controversy has
New Delhi, Apr 3: Rejecting allegations of graft, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit today took a pot shot at BJP for fielding it president Nitin Gadkari in the campaign for municipal polls and claimed that the
New Delhi, Apr 3: Joining the campaign for municipal polls, BJP president Nitin Gadkari today launched a blistering attack on Delhi government accusing it of involvement in large scale corruption, and promised a clean civic
New Delhi, Apr 3 : BJP president Nitin Gadkari today said “alarm bells” are ringing about the security of the nation and expressed concern over the “strange atmosphere” inside and outside Parliament about issues surrounding
New Delhi, Mar 30: BJP President Nitin Gadkari today wrote to Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee demanding rollback of the decision to impose excise duty on jewellery and taxes on any purchase above Rs 2 lakh
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